Omoyele Sowore, presidential hopeful on the platform of
African Action Congress (AAC), says he declined President Muhammadu Buhari’s
request to see him after he was elected into office in 2015.
Sowore spoke at the weekend when he featured as a guest on
the presidential hopeful interview talk show on 90MinutesAfrica.
Responding to a question on how he and other Nigerians
helped Buhari win the presidency in 2015, the activist said he did not work for
his victory.
According to Sowore, he has never met Buhari and he declined his request to see him when he was elected president.
“Goodluck Jonathan
mismanaged Nigeria so badly that Buhari became attractive to people who were
looking for an alternative,” he said.
“Even when Buhari visited the United States after he won the
election, he requested to see me but I declined. I have never met Buhari before
and I don’t have any plans to meet him.”
Sowore said Nigerians must be involved in demanding a
change, noting that only then will the country be better for citizens.
“I understand that
Nigerians are slow with taking in new ideas, but we have to be consistent and
persistent in telling them about the need for this revolution. We can’t afford
to sit down and expect things to work out themselves,” he said.
In March, Omoyele declared his intention to run for
president in 2023.
In April, a court of appeal in Abuja voided a ruling
restricting his movement to the federal capital territory (FCT).
Ijeoma Ojukwu, judge of the federal high court, had in
October 2019, granted bail to Sowore but asked him not to address any rally or
public gathering and not to leave the FCT.
Sowore was arraigned in September 2019 on a seven-count
charge of treasonable felony filed against him by the federal government.
But the case has been stalled owing to the reluctance of the
government to proceed with it.
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